Window-curtain support.



No. 824,042. 7 'PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

w. P. POWELL.

WINDOW CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JTiLY 15,1905.

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. WINDOW-CURTAINHSUPPORT.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

l Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed July 15, 1905. Serial No. 269,838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. POWELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Window- Ourtain Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification.-

My invention relates to improvements in window-curtain supports or ad usters; and

its objects are, first, to dispense with the use of cords for the manipulation of verticallyadjustable window-curtain supports; second, to provide a window-curtain support that may be easily adjusted with one hand, and, third, to provide an adjustable window-curtain support mani ulated without the use ofcords with which t e supporting-arm will retain its level position during manipulation or adjustment.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which j Figure 1 is anelevation of the upper portion of a window, showing my window-curtain support in place. Fig. 2 shows the supporting-tubes in vertical cross-section. Fig. 3 is the same, showing an adjustable supporting-bar. Fig. 4 is a back elevation of the supporting-tube. Fig. 5 shows the'manner of attaching the clamp to the window-casing. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the tubes, the supporting-bar, and the curtain-roller. -Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the same on the line as a: of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a perspective of the clamp. I

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the window frame or casing. My invention consists of securing supporting-tubes B and B to the window-casing A, as indicated at b, the tube B designed to receive and act as a guideway for the'rod O and is slotted its entire length, as at 0, so that the metal clamp D, securely fastened around the rod C and to which one end of the supporting-bar E is securely attached by rivets,as e, or by-bolts, as f, (see Fig. 3,) or otherwise,

3 may be readily raised and lowered by manipulating the rod C, as indicated by the solid and dotted lines in Fig. 1, for adjusting the curtain F to the desiredvertical position.

I The opposite end of the bar E is provided with a head D, that is designed to work freely in the slot 6 in the rod or tube B, and I Upon very broad windows, requlring the I bar. E' tobe very' l'ong, I prefer to place an 'antifriction-roller,' as d, in the upper end of the head D to reduce the friction as much as possiblegand I sometimes place a point p upon the head in position to bear upon the tube at'the bottom of theogroove b.

' 'I sometimes provide for ad'usting the length of the bar E, or rather t e distance between the heads D and D, b placing slots f in the head D and this en of'the bar E and securing them together with bolts, as f. (See Fig. 3.) The curtain-roll hangers 'i i are secured to the heads D D or the supporting-bar E, as may be most convenient to the user.

c To support the rod 0 and hold the curtain ,to the desired position, I pivot the clamp G to the plate H, as at g, so that its weight will cause it to clamp the red C in the round hole g, so that the rod cannot slide down without adjusting the clamp for the purpose, the clamp being adjustable by reason of the slotted hole g so that the rod may be allowed to slide down either by movingit to one side, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, or by raising the free end of the clamp until it ceases to bind upon the rod C. It will be.

readily seen that the rod may be easily raised without any manipulation of the clamp, as the least raising of the rod will raise the clamp and loosen its bearing upon the rod.

I prefer that the supporting-bar E be made of angle-iron, as shown in Fig. 7, as by this means it is greatly strengthened, especiallywhen it is necessary to use long bars for wide windows.

The plate I-I forms the support for the lower end of the tube B and is secured to the face of the window-casing A with screws or other suitable appliance. The support or guide B, may be made of tubin the same as the supporting-tube B and a li e head used on this end of the bar E, or it maybe made of round'rod and grooved, as indicated in Figs. 2' and 3. When made of tubing and a head corresponding with the head D is used, as indicated at D in Fig. 6, it is not necessary to place the roller cl in the head as the opposite bearing at the lower end of the head upon the side of the tube averts all danger of the end saggin Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In an adjustable window-curtain support, a tube secured, vertically, to one window-casing and slotted at one side, a smooth,-

straight rod extending through said tube longitudinally, a clamp pivoted to the casing below the tube and to one side of the rod, said rod passing through a ertures in, and supported by said clamps, a ead projecting from said rod through theslot in the tube, a bar secured in said head and extending across the window, a head on the opposite end of the bar, and a grooved supportingtube receivin said head.

2. In an a justable Window-curtain support, guiding-tubes secured to the windowcasings, a smooth, straight rod in one of said tubes, a clamp below said tube and pivoted to one side thereof and having apertures to engage the rod, a head secured to said rod and extending through a slot in the tube, a bar secured to said head, a head on the opposite end of the bar, and an antifriction-roller in bsaid head to engage the second guidingtu e.

3. In an adjustable window-curtain support, a slotted tube secured to one Windowcasing, a vertically-adjustable rod in said tube, a clamp pivoted to one side thereof and having apertures to engage said rod, a head on said rod and extendin through the slot in the tube, a bar adjustab y supported in said head, a slotted support for the opposite end of the bar, and a curtain-roller attached to said bar.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 8,

WM. P. POWELL. In presence of- I. J. CILLEY, S. C RowLsoN. 

